Program ARTA Cinema

A death reunites three old friends whose paths have diverged over the years. Оne has a teaching job in Mexico, another lives a lower-middle-class life, and the third is financially ruined. Their girlfriends, who join them later, tolerate their remarks and wisecracks for a while, but eventually, each has had enough.

An imaginatively animated family portrait that explores the contrasting upbringings between two half-brothers, one white and one Indigenous, in a humorous oral history. As they reminisce into the recording microphone, the threads of their stories are punctuated, interrupted, or else hijacked by charismatic (and humorously animated) members of the extended family, who add to the narrative by indulging in their own reveries....See more details

In the aftermath of a conspiracy-minded father’s unexpected death, his daughter receives his patent for an experimental healing device. Featuring archive from actress Callie Hernandez's actual late father, the film explores the process of grieving a complicated parent, and the filmmaking itself becomes a part of the process.

Screenplay: Radu Jude Editor: Cătălin Cristuţiu Producer: Radu Jude Production: Radu Jude Festivals: Locarno 2024, IDF Amsterdam 2024, Viennale 2024, Jeonju 2025 FILMOGRAPHY Kontinental '25 (2025), Sleep#2 (2005), Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World (2023), Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn (2021), The Exit of the Trains (doc, 2020), Uppercase Print (2020), I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians (2018), The Dead Nation (doc, 2017), Scarred Hearts (2016), Aferim! (2015), Everybody in Our Family (2012), The Happiest Girl in the World (2009) A fallen flower/Returning to the branch?/It was a butterfly....See more details

Yerai Cortés is a rising star in Spain’s flamenco scene. Anton Álvarez aka C. Tangana met him at a party where Cortés played guitar under the Starlight satellites. Known for his refined, unique style, Cortés’ life is marked by a dark family secret and a sorrow he longs to share with the world.

"In 2018 my grandfather was arrested for child abuse and attempted kidnapping. Now I meet him again and am confronted with his looks, his responses, and my own feelings. Meanwhile, my family gathers at our country house, dealing with the emotional fallout of having grown up with him as a father figure." (Daniel Tornero)

Famous film director Levent is completely unaware of Aliye, a housekeeper at the hotel where he is staying. However, Aliye, who is trying to tailor a new life story for herself, knows Levent and his films very well. Aliye's intriguing story brings together these two distant people with completely different lives....See more details

Doru Chirodea fled to America in the 1980s and started writing poetry in English without actually knowing the language. Back in Romania, he prints books of poetry at his own expense, for an increasingly narrow audience. A serene meditation on the end of a bohemian, rebellious lifestyle.

Pedro, a loss adjuster, travels across Mexico investigating the causes of major catastrophes. To escape the depravity and violence of his daily life, Pedro decides to become an art collector. Also, Pedro becomes involved in a theater production, but his lack of experience and the repulsive character he must portray plunge him into an identity crisis....See more details

Desperate to save her marriage, a woman in China hires a professional to go undercover and break up her husband’s affair. Teacher Wang is a ‘mistress dispeller’ – a profession devoted to helping couples in the face of infidelity. This film unveils family stories usually hidden behind closed doors, exploring how emotion, pragmatism and cultural norms shape new romantic relationships in contemporary China.